Garment hanger support for clothesline



y 6, 1965 P. M. JENSEN 3,193,235

GARMENT HANGER SUPPORT FOR GLOTHESLINE Filed Jan. 16, 1964 INVENTQR.P5412; M. TEA/5 5 Arron/lays United States Patent 3,193,235 GARMENTHANGER SUPPORT FOR CLQTHESLINE Pearl M. Jensen, 2311 26th Ave. S.,Minneapolis, Minn. Filed Jan. 16, 1964, Ser. No. 338,048 3 Claims. (Cl.248317) The present invention has relation to an attachment forclotheslines to support hangers thereon and more particularly to anattachment which will not slide longitudinally along the clotheslinewhen garments are hung on the hangers and the clothesline sags.

When laundrying many types of garments it is desirable to hang them uponcoat or garment hangers in order to retain the shape of the garment asit dries. Usually this is done by utilizing an ordinary coat or garmenthanger and merely slipping the hook of the hanger over a clothesline ofconventional design.

Clotheslines always have some sag and when a hanger is hung directly onthe line the clothesline will form a curve. The hanger will slidelongitudinally along the clothesline to the lowest point of the line. Ifseveral hangers are hung onto a single line, all of the hangers will bebunched together at the lowest point of the line and the garments willnot be properly dried.

Occasionally garments will fade when they contact other wet garments.

In order to eliminate these difficulties experienced in hanging coat orgarment hangers directly onto a clothesline, the present device wasadvanced. The device includes a strip of non-skid-flexible materialhaving a ring at a first end thereof and a small hanger support memberat a second end thereof. The strip is looped over a clothesline and thehanger support member is passed through the ring so that the skidresistant material is in contact with the clothesline. The hangersupport member depends downwardly. A coat or garment hanger can beplaced in the depending hanger support member. The weight of the garmentwill cause the unit to clamp more tightly onto the line and the unitwill not slide longitudinally even if the clothesline is very slack andthe angle of incline of the line is extreme.

It is an object of the present invention to present a clotheslineattachment for garment hangers which will not slide longitudinally alongthe clothesline when garments are hung thereon.

In the drawings,

FIG. 1 is a side elevational view of a clothesline showing garmenthanger supports made according to the present invention mounted thereon;

FIG. 2 is a front elevational view of a garment hanger support madeaccording to the present invention and shown in its flat position;

FIG. 3 is a side elevational view of the device of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is an end front elevational view of a garment hanger support madeaccording to the present invention and shown supported on a clothesline;and A FIG. 5 is a sectional View taken as on line 5-5 in FIG. 4.

Referring to the'drawings and the numerals of reference thereon, aclothesline which is of conventional design is suitably mounted and, asis normal, sags to form a curve as shown. A plurality of garment hangersupice ports indicated generally at 11 are supported on the clothesline10.

Referring to FIGS. 2, 3, 4 and 5 the construction of the hanger supports11 is more particularly illustrated. An elongated strip 12 of flexiblematerial which has a high friction outer surface 13 and an adhesivebacked inner surface 14, is looped over a metal ring 15, Which has adiameter slightly greater than the width of strip 12 and is also loopedover a second smaller hanger support member 16. The ring 15 has astraight section 17 over which the strip 12 is looped. The supportmember 16 will pass through ring 15. The ring 15 and the support hangermember 16 are spaced from each other. The strip is doubled over so thatthe adhesive backed surface 14 of the strip 12 contacts itself. Thesections are pressed together so that a firm bond is made.

The hanger support member 16 has a flat attachment section 20 and aV-shaped hanger hook support member 21 at a lower end thereof. Anordinary coat or garment hanger 22 can be supported from its integralhook 23 by the V-shaped portion 21 when the clothesline attachment issupported on the clothesline.

When the clothesline garment hanger support is to be attached to aclothesline, the strip 12 is placed over the clothesline 1t) and thehanger support member 16 is placed through the metal ring 15 so that thestrip surrounds the clothesline. The strip is then again passed throughthe ring 15, as at 24, around the first loop made with the attachmentstrip 12 and over the clothesline 10 as at 25 and then through the ring15 as at 26 and is allowed to depend downwardly as shown at 27. A hanger22 can then be placed on the support member 16 and the garment placed onthe hanger. The weight of the garment will cause the strip 12 to bearagainst the bottom portions of ring 15 as at 30 and this in turn willcause the loop around the clothesline to tighten. The friction surface13 will grip the clothesline to prevent the garment hanger support 11from sliding along the clothesline.

The double loop insures that friction material is against theclothesline for a substantial portion of the diameter of the line 10. Ifthe line is very thick, only a single loop need be formed and if theline is extremely thin, even three loops can be formed with the flexiblestrip 12.

It will be noted that any suitable high friction flexible material canbe utilized but a resilient, non-slip surfacing material sold under thetrademark Scotch Tred, a trademark of the Minnesota Mining andManufacturing Company, has been found to be suitable.

By using this attachment hangers can be spaced at regular intervals on aclothesline as shown in FIG. 1 and the hangers will not slide togethercausing the garments on the hangers to touch or become compressed.

What is claimed is:

1. A clothesline attachment for supporting garment hangers comprising astrip of flexible material having a non-slip surface on a first sidethereof and an adhesive surface on a second side thereof, a support ringhaving a straight bar section of length greater than the width of thestrip, a hanger support member, said strip being looped over saidstraight bar section of said ring and over a portion of said hangersupport member, said ring and said hanger support member being spacedapart, the adhesive surfaces of said strip being doubled back upon eachother to hold said ring and said hanger support member in spacedrelationship.

2. The combination as specified in claim 1 wherein I the strip offlexible material is of suflicient length so that it can be looped overa clothesline at least twice with the hanger support member being passedthrough said ring to form the loops.

3. A garment hanger support for a elothesline comprising a strip offlexible material, a first ring attached to said strip of flexiblematerial at a first end thereof and having a diameter greater than theWidth of the strip,

and a second support member suppor ed at a second end' of said strip,said strip being of sufficient length so'that it can be looped over aclothesline and said support member passed through said ring so thatsaid support member depends substantially below said ring, said ringhaving a fiat bar section forming one side thereof to which said stripof flexible material is attached, said strip being comprised as amaterialthat is flexible and is highly skid resistant on a first'surfacethereof and has an adhesive material on a second surface thereof, saidstrip being formed by placing the strip through said ring and saidsupport member, respectively, and pressing the adhesive surfaces of saidstrip against each other.

References (Iited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS Johnson 24259CLAUDE A. LE ROY, Primary Examiner.

1. A CLOTHESLINE ATTACHMENT FOR SUPPORTING GARMENT HANGERS COMPRISING ASTRIP OF FLEXIBLE MATERIAL HAVING A NON-SLIP SURFACE ON A FIRST SIDETHEREOF AND AN ADHESIVE SURFACE ON A SECOND SIDE THEREOF, A SUPPORT RINGHAVING A STRAIGHT BAR SECTION OF LENGTH GREATER THAN THE WIDTH OF THESTRIP, A HANGER SUPPORT MEMBER, SAID STRIP BEING LOOPED OVER SAIDSTRAIGHT BAR SECTION OF SAID RING AND OVER A PORTION OF SAID HANGERSUPPORT MEMBER, SAID RING AND SAID HANGER SUPPORT MEMBER BEING SPACEDAPART, THE ADHESIVE SURFACES OF SAID STRIP BEING DOUBLED BACK UPON EACHOTHER TO HOLD SAID RING AND SAID HANGER SUPPORT MEMBER IN SPACEDRELATIONSHIP.